of Minnesota, in the Kerlan Collection. Personal life and final years Sobol was married to Rose (née Tiplitz) who was both an engineer and author. Sobol left behind three children: John, Eric and Diane as well as four grandchildren. A fourth child, Glen, died at age 23 in a car accident in 1983. On July 11, 2012, Sobol died from gastric lymphoma at the age of 87. Selected bibliography Encyclopedia Brown series The Encyclopedia Brown books, in order of publication (parentheses indicate numbers on original release cover art): Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective (1963, , 1982 reissue ) Encyclopedia Brown Strikes Again (1965, , reissued as Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Secret Pitch, ) Encyclopedia Brown Finds the Clues (1966, ) Encyclopedia Brown Gets His Man (1967, ) Encyclopedia Brown Solves Them All (1968, ) Encyclopedia Brown Keeps the Peace (1969, ) Encyclopedia Brown Saves the Day (1970, ) Encyclopedia Brown Tracks Them Down (1971, ) Encyclopedia Brown Shows the Way (1972, ) Encyclopedia Brown Takes the Case (1973, ) Encyclopedia Brown Lends a Hand (1974, , reissued as Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Exploding Plumbing and Other Mysteries, ) Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Dead Eagles (1975, ) Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Midnight Visitor (1977, ) Encyclopedia Brown Carries On (1980, ) Encyclopedia Brown Sets the Pace (1981, ) (15½) Encyclopedia Brown Takes the Cake (co-written with Glenn Andrews, 1982, ) (16) Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Mysterious Handprints (1985, ) (17) Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Treasure Hunt (1988, ) (18) Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Disgusting Sneakers (1990, ) (19) Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Two Spies (1995, ) (20) Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of Pablo's Nose (1996, ) (21) Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Sleeping Dog (1998, ) (22) Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Slippery Salamander (2000, ) (23) Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Jumping Frogs (2003, ) (24) Encyclopedia Brown Cracks the Case (2007, ) (25) Encyclopedia Brown, Super Sleuth (2009, ) (26) Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Secret UFOs (2010, ) (27) Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Carnival Crime (2011, ) (28) Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Soccer Scheme (2012, ) Two-Minute Mysteries series The Two-Minute Mysteries series, in order of publication: Two-Minute Mysteries (1969,